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Squamous Cells
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Thin, flat and have a bulge where the nucleus is."Fried Egg" Appearance
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Polygonal Cells
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Irregularly angular shapes with 4 or more sides.
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Stellate Cells
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Starlike shape (nerve cells)
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Cuboidal Cells
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Squarish and are as wide as they are tall. (liver cells)
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Columnar Cells
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Taller than they are wide (lining of the intestines)
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Spheroid to Ovoid Cells
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Round to Oval cells-Egg cells and Fat cells
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Discoid Cells
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In the shape of discs: the red blood cell.
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Fusiform Cells
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Thick in the middle and tapered toward the ends: smooth muscle cells.
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Fibrous Cells
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Have a thread like shape; skeletal muscle cells.
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